In my 2nd edition days, the GMs I played with, including myself, allowed the existence of the Ironwood spell to indicate that druids could fashion armor out of wood and cast the spell on it to create usable plate armor for druids. However, the spell only lasts 1 day per level, so you'd have to keep casting it over and over. It also can't be made permanent. Since there are no rules on fashioning armor out of wood, it falls into the realm of GM houserules, and makes the spell useless in the rules as they are written. If you cast it on Wooden Armor, nothing appears to happen to that armor. Logically it ought to become more protective, but it doesn't.
Yes but how? There's no support for doing that in the rules.
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I think it is possible to make the Ironwood spell permanent, and also to apply it to special types of wood. For instance, a longsword made out of Darkwood, which is cheaper than mithril, or out of greenwood meaning it can heal itself. Also, a crossbow or wooden shield enchanted with Ironwood would not be as susceptible to burning.
From the PFSRD:
"Using this spell with wood shape or a wood-related Craft check, you can fashion wooden items that function as steel items. Thus, wooden plate armor and wooden swords can be created that are as durable as their normal steel counterparts. These items are freely usable by druids. Further, if you make only half as much ironwood as the spell would normally allow, any weapon, shield, or suit of armor so created is treated as a magic item with a +1 enhancement bonus."